“Internet recruitment”
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A paper which looks at the increasing tendency for employers to recruit potential candidates via the Internet, and the ways in which this has streamlined and facilitated the recruitment and selection process, as well as greatly broadening the recruitment market as a whole.
Filename: JL2netjobs.wps

“Interpersonal global communication”
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A paper which looks at the way in which cultural exchange takes place at a significantly increased level as a result of the advent of global communication, and considers whether or not the machinery for a genuine ideological exchange is in place, or whether the inequalities inherent in technological advances between richer and poorer nations is having a negative impact on the potential offered by such communication.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLglobcomm1.doc

“Living System” Software
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A 7 page paper comparing software to a living system. Still in development by Sandia National Laboratories is MentorPal®, software that employs neural-network technology to automatically offer “individual real-time advice to soldiers and other government teams in the field.” MentorPal has many of the features of a living system, defined as a system with boundaries, metabolism, defining code, purpose, complexity and a defined size, that also is self-organizing and operates within a framework of conceptual meaning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSitSoftLivingSys.rtf

“Microsoft as a Monopoly”
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A paper which looks at the ethics of Microsoft’s business practices, and assesses whether it has achieved a monopoly within the software industry and if so, whether this is detrimental to the general good and should be restricted by the state.
Filename: JLmicrosoft.wps

“Pyramid Power” IT
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An 8 page paper discussing the IT pyramid and its various levels, then identifying the place that two companies, USAA and Ford Motor Company, occupy in the pyramid. Includes 2 figures. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSitPyrPower.rtf